opisthotonos
From LSJ
Ζῶμεν γὰρ οὐχ ὡς θέλομεν, ἀλλ' ὡς δυνάμεθα → Ut quimus, haud ut volumus, aevum ducimus → nicht wie wir wollen, sondern können, leben wir
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
ŏpisthŏtŏnos: i, m., = ὀπισθότονος,
I a disease in which the body is violently curved backwards, a form of lock-jaw (post-Aug.), Plin. 28, 12, 52, § 192; 23, 1, 24, § 48 (written as Greek, Cels. 4, 3, § 3).—
II A disease that causes a person to fall backwards (eccl. Lat.), Hier. 3 Ep. ad Ephes. 6, 4.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
ŏpisthŏtŏnŏs, ī, m. (ὀπισθότονος), opisthotonos, sorte de maladie : Plin. 23, 48.
